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Trending: Black women recognized for electing Doug Jones; USA Today makes waves with Trump editorial

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December 13, 2017 at 6:50 p.m. EST

Black women brought Doug Jones to victory.

@girlswithtoys, tweeting about black women, after Alabama’s election of Doug Jones was fueled by black women (98 percent of whom voted for him). “Black people aren’t a RESOURCE that democrats can only tap into during elections while ignoring their existence in all other ways,” @MajorPhilebrity tweeted.

Twitter calls out Roy Moore for his lack of horse riding skills.

@jmpaquette, tweeting about defeated Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore who rode a horse to the polls on Tuesday. (He also did this for the primaries earlier this year.) Some people on Twitter noticed his riding form had some room to improve. “I haven’t regularly ridden a horse since childhood but, at minimum: reins gathered in one hand, lean forward, don’t stick your legs out,” @annamerlan tweeted, critiquing Moore’s form. There was video footage of him doing the opposite of all of those points.

Conservative writer calls out coverage of Jimmy Kimmel’s CHIP monologue.

@redsteeze, Stephen Miller, a Fox News contributor, arguing that media’s coverage of Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue about Children’s Health Insurance Program showed bias because Kimmel’s assertions were not fact-checked. In addition, The Washington Post’s Glen Kessler fact-checked Kimmel’s monologue, pointing out some inaccuracies.

USA Today slams President Trump in editorial.

@JesseLehrich, tweeting about USA Today’s Wednesday editorial that was a major takedown of President Trump. “A president who would all but call Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or shine the shoes of George W. Bush,” it said, referencing the president’s Tuesday tweet.

Gal finds success selling a lamp on Twitter.

@AlineLaReine_,  tweeting about her adventure making a Tinder profile for a lamp in order to sell it. Some guys didn’t get it — one said “I can tell you are totally different than all the girls here.” @AlineLaReine_ added that she did sell the lamp to a person named Joseph.